Bec Brittain

"what was a solid surface becomes translucent,<br />and <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">the lights become a constellation of points</span></span>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7262/7039087599_b960fc04a3_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7262/7039087599_b960fc04a3_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 1049px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/6892991634_5244655793_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/6892991634_5244655793_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 466px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br />images by David John</span><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;">"Don't look into the sun</span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;"> It's not for me or anyone</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To steal the light out of the sky</span>"<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2QVvBIUOU"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(dream attack, here)</span></a><br /><br />Last week, <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bec Brittain</span></span>'s latest work was up at the AD Home show. Glorious. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2012/01/conversation-with-bec-brittain.html" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Read a past interview with Bec Brittain on YHBHS here...</a><br /><br />"<span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.becbrittain.com/index.php"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Maxhedron</span></span></a></span> is a study in material transformation through light and reflection. When Maxhedron is turned off, its mirrored surface gives it a mercurial quality, being at one present yet disappearing as it reflects its surroundings. The second phase of transformation occurs when Maxhedron is turned on -- what was<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> a solid surface becomes translucent, and the lights become a constellation of points.</span></span> Maxhedron contrasts rigid formal language with mutable material qualities for a very dynamic lighting piece."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">---------------</span>

Bec Brittain

"what was a solid surface becomes translucent, and the lights become a constellation of points . images by David John "Don't l...

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